Description
Book SynopsisOffers an overview of and a rationale for the shift in general education curricular design, a sense of how this shift can affect a faculty member's teaching, and an understanding of how all of this might impact course and student assessment.
Table of ContentsForeword xi
About the Author xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
PART ONE: THE BIG PICTURE 9
1 Structuring General Education 11
2 Some Examples of Integrative Curricular Models 25
PART TWO: GENERAL EDUCATION AT THE COURSE LEVEL 43
3 Designing Effective General Education Courses 45
4 How the Purposes of General Education Can Reshape a Course: Case Studies 54
PART THREE: GENERAL EDUCATION AT THE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSESSMENT LEVEL 73
5 Designing Appropriate Assignments for General Education 75
6 The Chapter You May Want to Skip: Institutional Assessment and General Education 94
Conclusion 107
Appendix A: Syllabus for Artistic and Literary Responses to Science and Technology 109
Appendix B: Syllabus for The Way Things Work: Sky Diving and Deep Sea Diving 117
Appendix C: Syllabus for Traveling Without Leaving: Global Sociology 125
Appendix D: Syllabus for Elite Deviance: Crime in the Suites 137
Appendix E: Syllabus for Does Gun Control Save Lives? 145
Appendix F: Syllabus for Statistics and Botany 151
References 157
Index 161
